Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral gets new golden rooster

Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral got a new golden rooster, part of its renaissance from the ashes of the 2019 fire that severely damaged it and ahead of its reopening next year.

The artefact was blessed by the archbishop of Paris Laurent Ulrich before being lifted into place on the cathedral spire 96 metres high. 

The new rooster, designed by Philippe Villeneuve, one of the architects leading the restoration of the cathedral, replaces the original, which was too damaged by the fire to be reused. Villeneuve said the new rooster's "wings of fire" were a reminder that "the cathedral can be reborn from the ashes, like a phoenix".